23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.


In Context

20 But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so.

21 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he sought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come on us.

22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he to them.

Genesis 42:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood [them;] for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:23They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

42:23And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter is between them;